Alison Acheson

• Jan-1997
• / General Fiction
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Ogilvie Kidd has two talents - freestyle cycling and writing poetry. This odd combination forces Og to make a choice that will affect the rest of his life.

His name is Ogilvie Kidd and his first love is freestyle cycling, on his backyar...

• Jul-1998
• / General Fiction
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In 1880, twelve-year-old cousins Oliver and Bert were once friends but are now in dispute, just like their two towns - Prince Arthur's Landing and Fort William. Their struggle, eventually successful, to understand and overcome their differences and d...

• Oct-1998
• / General Fiction
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`The short stories in Alison Acheson's Learning to Live Indoors deal with family relationships. Acheson, who lives in British Columbia, has previously published two young adult novels, one of which was shortlisted for several awards. But although ...

• May-2007
• / General Fiction
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Aba Zytka Jones (Abi) doesn't expect to get anything from anybody. Her dad's stuck in his chair and her moms taken off, but she is going to work out what to do on her own. At least that is what she thinks.

Sixteen, almost seventeen, Abi Jones...

• Sep-2009
• / General Fiction
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Grandpa takes care of the garden, kneads bread, and makes music on the piano. Everyone in Callie's family helps out around the house, now that Grandpa, who has Alzheimer's, lives with them. The family becomes Grandpa's "home team," and Callie loves s...

• Sep-2010
• / General Fiction
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For always and EVER, Molly Gumley has wanted to be on stage, has imagined and dreamed of life as an actor. That's because Grand, her grandmother, filled Molly with colorful stories of theatre life, and with her faith in what she saw as Molly's destin...

• Sep-2012
• / General Fiction
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Kezie, Patrick and Jed are left behind when Noli moves away. The house on the corner is empty, and the cul-de-sac kids wonder who will move in. Who will play hockey with them? Who will supply the cookies?

One day, a moving van pulls up. But ...

• May-2019
• / General Fiction
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Every day, in a little house in a little town in the middle of a big place, a girl stands at her window and waves to the engineer of the train that passes on the nearby tracks. The engineer waves back and his wave and her wave together make a home in...

• Aug-2022
• / Mystery
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For ages 7-11 Feenie Bailey lives with her family in a floathome community on the Fraser River, a salty and tidal river in the most southwestern part of Canada. In the middle of a stormy summer night, a boat turns up by the Baileys' dock, w...